| We are pleased to announce the release of Apache Axis2/C version 0.93. |
| You can download this release from |
| http://ws.apache.org/axis2/c/download.cgi |
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| Key Features |
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| 1. AXIOM, an XML object model optimized for SOAP 1.1/1.2 Messages. This has complete XML infoset support. |
| 2. Support for one-way messaging (In-Only) and request response messaging (In-Out) |
| 3. Description hierarchy (configuration, service groups, services, operations and messages) |
| 4. Directory based deployment model |
| 5. Archive based deployment model |
| 6. Context hierarchy (corresponding contexts to map to each level of description hierarchy) |
| 7. Raw XML message receiver |
| 8. Module architecture, mechanism to extend the SOAP processing model |
| 9. Module version support |
| 10. Transports supports: HTTP |
| o Both simple axis server and Apache2 httpd module for server side o Client transport with ability to |
| enable SSL support |
| 11. Service client and operation client APIs |
| 12. REST support (HTTP POST case) |
| 13. WS-Addressing, both the submission (2004/08) and final (2005/08) versions |
| 14. MTOM/XOP support |
| 15. Code generation tool for stub and skeleton generation for a given WSDL (based on Java tool) |
| o Axis Data Binding (ADB) support |
| 16. Security module with usernameToken support |
| 17. REST support (HTTP GET case) - New |
| 18. Dynamic invocation support (based on XML schema and WSDL implementations) - New |
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| Major Changes Since Last Release |
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| 1. REST support for HTTP GET case |
| 2. XML Schema implementation |
| 3. Woden/C implementation that supports both WSDL 1.1 and WSDL 2.0 |
| 4. Dynamic client invocation (given a WSDL, consume services dynamically) |
| 5. Numerous improvements to API and API documentation |
| 6. Many bug fixes, especially, many paths of execution previously untouched were tested along with |
| Sandesha2/C implementation |
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| TODOs Remaining for 1.0 |
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| 1. Complete API documentation and API improvements |
| 2. Fix major memory leaks |
| 3. Test codegen for both ADB and none cases |
| 4. Put in place a comprehensive functional test framework |
| 5. WSDL2C tool |
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| We welcome your early feedback on this implementation. |
| Thanks for your interest in Axis2C |
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| -- Apache Axis2C Team -- |
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